After I broke Mr. Bouillie’s old espresso machine, he embarked on a quest for an upgraded model. All of his pondering led to the Breville Ikon….though getting really good espresso requires a little modification. Breville ships it with single-shot and double-shot pressurized portafilters. Thanks to the folks at coffeegeek.com, he found a non-pressurized portafilter from Krups that fits the Ikon (Krups part #0907163, if you really care about these things).

Even I can now pull a pretty good shot. (Still aspiring to the greatness of Luigi at Bar del Cappucino, but he’s been at it for longer than I’ve been alive.)